Advice please

[Rose Rubino]

Just back 2 weeks from El Norte (started March 1st so many Albergues not yet open). Cash EUROS only (€6) at all municipal Albergues. Don’t expect to exchange currency in smaller towns. Out of 41 days total I stayed in a municipal or monastery 15 times, 22 nights at private Albergues (10-15€ usually w breakfast), rest nights in hotels at beginning or end. My dailynspending was average 25€/day. ATMs are in larger towns (following the classic El Norte stages). I agree, I carried €300, put 25€ in my day wallet and carried rest plus bank card in a separate neck pouch. Buen camino.

Hi Colette, I will be starting In Irun on May 4th. What are the classic Norte Stages?
How were the waymarkings? Did you have a Guide? I downloaded the Wise Pilgrim. Any suggestions and advice?

 

[Scarlet Fez]

Hi Rose, I have just booked a flight out to Biarritz on the 1st of May, Was originally going to fly the 3rd but forgot it was Bank Holiday Weekend here in UK so so flight was almost triple the price. I have the Wise Pilgrim Guide Book. Is it that you have downloaded or the app? If so do you recommend it? Not the cleverest cyber user if I'm honest. I have recently recovered from foot injury so pre Camino training has been minimal so you are likely to catch me up.
Will follow this thread for the advice given.
Buen Camino

 

[Colette Z]

Hi Rose, I have just booked a flight out to Biarritz on the 1st of May, Was originally going to fly the 3rd but forgot it was Bank Holiday Weekend here in UK so so flight was almost triple the price. I have the Wise Pilgrim Guide Book. Is it that you have downloaded or the app? If so do you recommend it? Not the cleverest cyber user if I'm honest. I have recently recovered from foot injury so pre Camino training has been minimal so you are likely to catch me up.
Will follow this thread for the advice given.
Buen Camino

I got the WISE PILGRIM app for free with purchase of the paper guide. It’s good I used it to,walk El Norte just now in March. Actually the live tracking and detailed maps allowed me to see and take foot paths along the coast thatbare not on paper maps that’s the detail level. I highly recommend using both paper and the app.

 

[Colette Z]

Hi Colette, I will be starting In Irun on May 4th. What are the classic Norte Stages?
How were the waymarkings? Did you have a Guide? I downloaded the Wise Pilgrim. Any suggestions and advice?

Did I reply? Wise pilgrim specifically doesn’t specify stages but if you google GRONZE.com you can see the “classic” stages.....the first week Irun to Bilbao are pretty well set because no or few places to sleep between bigger towns somedays.

 

[ScaryB4Coffee]

I walked the Norte in 2016 and first had a guidebook we nicknamed The Crappy. Luck for me it was stolen off my table while in the bathroom. I downloaded Wise Pilgrim and it was great.